In the early days of Hollywood when everything was just coming together actors and actresses were adored by fans and they all seemed to put them on pedestals. Two such film actors were a much admired couple Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. When they got married and went to London, England for their honeymoon on June 21, 1920 they were greeted by lots of admiring fans. Since 1919 Pickford and Fairbanks had been business partners who got together with Charlie Chaplin and director D.W. Griffith to set up United Artists. After the couple got married Fairbanks gave Pickford a 22 room estate as a wedding present which included the first swimming pool in Beverly Hills located in Los Angeles, California. They named the property “Pickfair”.
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I know right now your eyes are wide and you’re confused. How could a five year old child support her family? Pickford performed in a vaudeville act and performed as “Baby Gladys”. When she was 14 she landed a lead role on Broadway and took the stage name of Mary Pickford. Two years later she signed on with the movie company Biograph earning $40 a week. She appeared in lots of silent films. Her first movies were “The Violin Maker of Cremona” and “Her First Biscuits”. Over the years she made dozens more. What adoring fans loved the most about Pickford were her golden curls. By 1912 she had joined Adolph Zukor’s Famous Players Company and was making $500 dollars a week. Pickford was determined to do well and four years later she was already earning $10,000 a week, along with a $300,000 bonus and had her own production company – The Mary Pickford Company. In her roles she usually played young, innocent girls. Finally in 1929 when the talkies had arrived Pickford cut her curls and took the role of a flapper in “Coquette”. This role won her an
When Pickford and Fairbanks reached London, England …show more content…
I know right now your eyes are wide and you’re confused. How could a five year old child support her family? Pickford performed in a vaudeville act and performed as “Baby Gladys”. When she was 14 she landed a lead role on Broadway and took the stage name of Mary Pickford. Two years later she signed on with the movie company Biograph earning $40 a week. She appeared in lots of silent films. Her first movies were “The Violin Maker of Cremona” and “Her First Biscuits”. Over the years she made dozens more. What adoring fans loved the most about Pickford were her golden curls. By 1912 she had joined Adolph Zukor’s Famous Players Company and was making $500 dollars a week. Pickford was determined to do well and four years later she was already earning $10,000 a week, along with a $300,000 bonus and had her own production company – The Mary Pickford Company. In her roles she usually played young, innocent girls. Finally in 1929 when the talkies had arrived Pickford cut her curls and took the role of a flapper in “Coquette”. This role won her an